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Linux
is an Operating System for your computer. If you are not a deadbeat
in technology, you must have heard about it somehow. Let's
face it, the first thing that comes to peoples mind when they think
Linux is its terminal (to which many are still scared of). Most
colleges usually have at least one semester to teach the students
basic shell commands in Linux or Unix; mine did. I was a bit allergic
to Linux at first, but soon realized what I've been missing so far. Flashback
: Sometime in 2007 – 2008. It
all started one day when with CHIP Magazine which I got from my
university and found a DVD in it containing various software. What
was printed in the upper half of the DVD caught my attention. In
a green coloured layout was written, “Linux Mint”. I did not know
at that time that operating systems are distributed for free in DVDs.
Since
then I had the curiosity to try Linux Mint once, but brushed aside
the thought since I did not know anything about how to get it to run
in my deskt…

This post is specific for Jelly bean.
If your android version is lower, the things here may not work. USSD notifications:
If you are annoyed by USSD
notifications that appear every time you call, or use the INTERNET,
use the android application “Quiet Balance”.
It automatically stores your last 25
USSD messages, and you can view them later.
Notification Bar Notifications:
If you do not want applications to show
notifications, go to the Application Info and check the text box
which says “Show Notifications”.
Avoid Advertisements using Adfree
(Requires Root):
Use Adfree to prevent advertisements
from loading in your apps.
Temporary App freeze (without root):
You can Force Stop an application in
the Application Info. The Application will not notify you until you
manually launch it next time. (Some apps do start, but this always
buys you time).
Greenify (requires root):
Some applications always keep running
in the Background. If you don't want them running in the background,
yo…

This is a continuation of my post
titled – The Hedonic Treadmill. Please read
the other blog post. There was so much I wanted to say in The Hedonic Treadmill, but then I thought I shall put it in a different post to
give things more clarity.
The fear of missing out is in all of
us. In fact FOMO is good. Without FOMO we would never evolve. We
would never learn new things. But like I already stated in my
previous blog post, balance is essential. If things could happen
progressively governing the balancing rule, everything would happen
good in life. Quiet: The power of
introverts in a world That can't
stop talking by Susan Cain, was the book which gave me
huge insights about introverts and the power of just sitting in
silence without talking too much. When I took this book in my hands,
I was skeptical that this book is going to speak on and on about how
introverts are the greatest people, in a biased context. I soon found
out that the writing is absolutely humanitarian. Anyone can re…

That's
a huge title.
Wikipedia defines the Hedonic treadmill
as such.
“...as a person makes more money,
expectations and desires rise in tandem, which results in no
permanent gain in happiness.”
Now that the topic
looks promising, let me tell you a little story.

Five years ago, I
had really terrible INTERNET. It was slow, with limited bandwidth. I
had to carefully choose the websites I visited to about exceeding my
bandwidth. I really wanted a high speed INTERNET.
Then I got into a
better plan which gave me an increase in speed. But then Bandwidth
was always a problem.
Then I got into a
plan which not only increased speed but also gave me unlimited
bandwidth within a limited period within a day. But then I had to
queue all the videos I wanted to see until this particular period
when I got unlimited bandwidth and that was kind of irritating.
The I got into an
Unlimited plan. But there was a little compromise on speed. Now I was
unlimited bandwidth with the best speed possib…